Team
The Supervisory Team
We are 12 supervisors from across the Department of Urbanism, bringing together expertise in design, data, planning, and climate adaptation.
Daniele Cannatella
Assistant Professor
Section: Urban Data Science
Email: d.cannatella@tudelft.nl
- Expertise: Data-driven urban planning, climate adaptation, spatial analysis, cartography, green-blue infrastructure, GIS, R programming
- Mentorship: 1st mentor: 3 students; 2nd mentor: 2 students
Claudiu Forgaci
Assistant Professor
Section: Urban Design
Email: c.forgaci@tudelft.nl
- Expertise: Data-informed design, urban data science, spatial analysis, urban resilience, green-blue infrastructure, R programming
- Mentorship: 1st mentor: 3 students; 2nd mentor: 2 students
Clémentine Cottineau-Mugadza
Assistant Professor
Section: Urban Studies
Email: c.cottineau@tudelft.nl
- Expertise: Quantitative geography, socioeconomic inequalities, spatial segregation, residential choice and mobility, interactive data visualization
- Mentorship: 1st mentor: 1 student; 2nd mentor: 1 student
Yizhao Du
Assistant Professor
Section: Urban Studies
Email: y.du@tudelft.nl
- Expertise: Polycentric urban systems, inter-city relations, governance for sustainable urban visions, smaller cities, spatial quality and liveability
- Mentorship: 2nd mentor: 1 student
Juliana Gonçalves
Assistant Professor
Section: Urban Design
Email: j.goncalves@tudelft.nl
- Expertise: Citizen participation, digital participation, climate adaptation
- Mentorship: 2nd mentor: 1 student
Birgit Hausleitner
Assistant Professor
Section: Urban Design
Email: b.hausleitner@tudelft.nl
- Expertise: Space syntax, pattern language, typology construction, metropolitan transformation, urban economy
- Mentorship: 1st mentor: 1 student; 2nd mentor: 2 students
Camilo León-Sánchez
Assistant Professor
Section: Urban Data Science
Email: c.leonsanchez@tudelft.nl
- Expertise: Energy modeling, GIS, spatial analysis, geomatics
- Mentorship: 2nd mentor: 2 students
Daniela Maiullari
Assistant Professor
Section: Environmental Technology & Design
Email: d.maiullari@tudelft.nl
- Expertise: Environmental modeling, microclimate analysis
- Mentorship: 2nd mentor: 1 student
Achilleas Psyllidis
Assistant Professor
Section: Urban Data Science
Email: a.psyllidis@tudelft.nl
- Expertise: Sustainable urban mobility, accessibility, walkability, travel behavior, transport equity, mobility justice, 15-minute city, spatial analysis, urban analytics
- Mentorship: 2nd mentor: 1 student
Ignacio Urria Yáñez
PhD Researcher
Section: Urban Data Science
Email: I.A.UrriaYanez@tudelft.nl
- Expertise: Socio-Spatial Inequality, Multi-Scale Urban Analysis, Geographic Data Science, Urban Change, Neighbourhood Effects
Marjolein van Esch
Assistant Professor
Section: Environmental Technology & Design
Email: m.vanesch@tudelft.nl
- Expertise: Environmental modeling, microclimate analysis, climate adaptation
- Mentorship: 2nd mentor: 1 student
Yehan Wu
Postdoctoral Researcher
Section: Urban Design
Email: Y.Wu-13@tudelft.nl
- Expertise: Typology construction, GIS, microclimate modeling, climate adaptation
- Mentorship: 2nd mentor: 1 student